Raghvendra Rao is Senior Assistant Editor. Covers Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Election Commission, Department of Personnel & Training, the Union Cabinet and Lok Sabha.

December 06, 2008 09:49 IST
Concerned over the way many aspects of its operations got “jeopardized” due to live images being broadcast by TV during the 60-hour siege...
Sat, Dec 06, 2008
December 05, 2008 00:14 IST
As Ajmal Ameer Kasab and Abu Dera Ismael Khan sprayed bullets all over the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station on the night of November 26...
Fri, Dec 05, 2008
December 04, 2008 00:49 IST
The death of Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, team commander of the 51 SAG of the National Security Guard involved in hunting down terrorists at the Taj...
Thu, Dec 04, 2008
December 03, 2008 00:17 IST
Reacting to Mumbai terror attacks, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Tuesday said the Intelligence Bureau often “gave general report” having “no specific information”.
Wed, Dec 03, 2008
December 01, 2008 10:09 IST
“Life is too short — 2 inches.” This was the handwritten note on the greeting card which commando Karamjit Singh Yadav quietly handed over to commando Bharat Singh as they settled down for a quick briefing session at the Taj Mahal hotel on Nov 28.
Mon, Dec 01, 2008
November 30, 2008 12:47 IST
They are considered the country’s best commando force, an elite crack unit. After an anti-terror operation lasting 50 hours, the nation knows why
Sun, Nov 30, 2008
November 30, 2008 02:13 IST
Fifty hours of pitched gun battle, a nerve wracking search-and-rescue operation and the death of two of its men in the line of duty.
Sun, Nov 30, 2008
November 28, 2008 00:36 IST
Thirty Close Circuit Television cameras, installed at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus railway station in the aftermath of the 7/11 Mumbai train bombings in 2006...
Fri, Nov 28, 2008
November 23, 2008 00:15 IST
A little more than a year ago, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil, at the annual Conference of Directors General of Police and Inspectors General of Police...
Sun, Nov 23, 2008
November 17, 2008 03:41 IST
In the news for its “links” with the Malegaon blast accused, the registered public charitable trust, Abhinav Bharat, is set to launch an online petition to push for getting photographs of leaders like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Lokmanya Tilak and Babasaheb Ambedkar printed on currency notes.
Mon, Nov 17, 2008
November 14, 2008 00:24 IST
Having already been pushed to the margins in the UPA Government...
Fri, Nov 14, 2008
November 11, 2008 01:05 IST
President Pratibha Patil will become the first incumbent of Rashtrapati Bhavan to be guarded by women commandos.
Tue, Nov 11, 2008
November 08, 2008 03:01 IST
Wary of a backlash against candidates from Maharashtra, the Indian Railways today decided to postpone, till further notice, the RRB examinations scheduled to be held in Patna and Ranchi on November 9.
Sat, Nov 08, 2008
November 07, 2008 00:28 IST
With fencing along the Indo-Bangladesh border once again coming under focus following the recent serial blasts in Assam...
Fri, Nov 07, 2008
November 06, 2008 23:22 IST
A railway line could soon connect Sikkim with the rest of the country.
Thu, Nov 06, 2008
November 04, 2008 00:18 IST
Mayawati’s olive branch of providing 189 hectares of land for the Rae Bareli coach factory on a “90 year lease” to Indian Railways has failed to put to rest the land allotment controversy.
Tue, Nov 04, 2008
October 31, 2008 23:56 IST
Even as Maharashtra’s Government Railway Police dubbed the murder of migrant labourer Dharam Dev Rai as a spur-of-the-moment incident and not a hate-crime...
Fri, Oct 31, 2008
October 26, 2008 02:01 IST
Three months after the bomb attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, the Indian government hopes to make postings in its Embassy...
Sun, Oct 26, 2008
October 23, 2008 00:17 IST
Even as Union Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Wednesday said that the Railway Recruitment Board...
Thu, Oct 23, 2008
October 22, 2008 10:21 IST
Railway Protection Force HQ had informed Maharashtra Police that it was anticipating trouble at many of examination centres and wanted local police to beef-up security.
Wed, Oct 22, 2008
October 22, 2008 00:29 IST
The attack on North Indian candidates appearing for a Railway Recruitment Board exam in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists...
Wed, Oct 22, 2008
October 16, 2008 10:00 IST
Centre is all set to introduce the communal violence bill in Parliament during the session starting Friday.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
October 16, 2008 00:16 IST
With litigation over land allotment for the Rae Bareli rail coach factory threatening to push the Rs 1,550 crore project way behind schedule, the Railway Ministry is considering using the newly-enacted The Railway (Amendment) Act, 2008...
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
October 16, 2008 00:00 IST
The Railway Ministry is considering using the newly-enacted The Railway (Amendment) Act, 2008 to acquire the same 189 hectares of land whose sale deal was cancelled by the Mayawati Government.
Thu, Oct 16, 2008
October 11, 2008 13:05 IST
The Valley’s first rail service, set to be flagged off by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday...
Sat, Oct 11, 2008




